diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/config/KubernetesToOpenShiftFallbackConfigSourceInterceptor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/config/KubernetesToOpenShiftFallbackConfigSourceInterceptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9490ed91d5be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/config/KubernetesToOpenShiftFallbackConfigSourceInterceptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.config;
+
+import io.smallrye.config.FallbackConfigSourceInterceptor;
+
+public class KubernetesToOpenShiftFallbackConfigSourceInterceptor extends FallbackConfigSourceInterceptor {
+    public KubernetesToOpenShiftFallbackConfigSourceInterceptor() {
+        super(name -> {
+            return name.startsWith("quarkus.kubernetes") ? name.replaceAll("quarkus\\.kubernetes", "quarkus.openshift")
+                    : name;
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceInterceptor b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceInterceptor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a9e5920690a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceInterceptor
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+io.quarkus.kubernetes.deployment.config.KubernetesToOpenShiftFallbackConfigSourceInterceptor
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